KLM airline deletes tweet about which plane seat passengers are most likely to die in

Sam Hussey

Friday, 19 July 2019 7:29 am

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KLM India was slammed for its Tweet about which seat passengers are most likely to die in.Credit: Getty (file) & KLM India Twitter

A Dutch airline has issued an unreserved apology for sharing a bizarre Tweet that told passengers where they are most likely to die on a plane.

What KLM India described as #TuesdayTrivia, left social media users understandably mortified.

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“According to data studies by Time, the fatality rate for the seats in the middle of the plane is the highest,” the Tweet read.

“However, the fatality rate for the seats in the front is marginally lesser and is least for seats at the rear third of a plane.”

KLM India later deleted this Tweet.Image: Twitter

The Tweet, accompanied by a photo of a single airplane seat floating through the clouds, was later described as “poor taste”, “morbid” and “grossly unsettling”.

“Besides the tweet which was in very poor taste, your statement also wasn’t a fact because there’s just not enough data (thankfully) to make that assertion. So, it was in poor taste, and also misleading, for what it’s worth,” one Twitter user replied.